Hey swordfish, A thought for a little more info for the Linux team. Since this problem is in the BIOS programming. What brand bios do you have? Phoenix? AMI? etc...
Neil On 8/12/09, swordfish <[email protected]> wrote: > I've got the same trouble with Asus M2N-MX SE motherboard. > BIOS version number is 0602 (latest at this time), all settings is default. > Ubuntu version is 9.04 with latest kernel. > > Best > > -- > powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that > Linux understands > https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398109 > You received this bug notification because you are a direct subscriber > of the bug. > > Status in “linux” package in Ubuntu: New > > Bug description: > Description: Ubuntu 9.04 > Release: 9.04 > cpufrequtils: > Installed: 004-2 > Candidate: 004-2 > Version table: > *** 004-2 0 > 500 http://us.archive.ubuntu.com jaunty/universe Packages > 100 /var/lib/dpkg/status > > Expected: cpu freq scaling via cpu frequency scaling monitor applet Gnome > Panel > > Found this: > dmesg |grep powernow > [ 4.230267] powernow-k8: Found 1 AMD Athlon(tm) Dual Core Processor 4850e > processors (2 cpu cores) (version 2.20.00) > [ 4.230287] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI > _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands. Please report this to the > Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vendor. > [ 4.230372] [Firmware Bug]: powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI > _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands. Please report this to the > Linux ACPI maintainers and complain to your BIOS vendor. > I was trying to add the cpu frequency scaling monitor applet to my gnome > desktop panel and I received the message: CPU frequency scaling unsupported > You will not be able to modify the frequency of your machine. Your machine > may be misconfigured or not have hardware support for CPU frequency scaling. > > My system monitor shows the percentage frequency each core is using just > fine. > > My system is an Asus M2N68-VM motherboard w/ AMD 64 dual core 4850e 2.5 ghz > processor > The bios is AMI v 2.61 > > Hope this helps figure it out eventually. Thanks. > -- powernow-k8: Your BIOS does not provide ACPI _PSS objects in a way that Linux understands https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/398109 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
